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Classic British Pork Pie
These keto and gluten-free British pork pies are the most wonderful and versatile hand held food, perfect for road trips, camping and picnics! They are also perfect sliced on a charcuterie board, alongside your favorite chutney or mustard.
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 30 mins
Total Time
2 hrs
Servings: 6 pork pies
Calories: 603 kcal
Course:
Breakfast , Snacks
Cuisine:
British
Ingredients
Hot water crust pastry
- 2 2 cups oat fiber
- 2 2 cups almond flour
- 1 ½ 1 ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1 1 teaspoon fine salt
- 2 2 large eggs 1 for filling and 1 beaten egg for brushing
- ¼ ¼ cup butter
- ¼ ¼ cup lard
- ⅘ ⅘ cup water (3/4 cup + 1 tablespoon)
Pork pie filling
- 2 2 pounds pork shoulder or 2/3 pork tenderloin and 1/3 pork belly
- 1 ½ 1 ½ teaspoon fine salt
- 1 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ ½ teaspoon red pepper powder
- ¼ ¼ teaspoon ground mace or nutmeg
- 1 1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage and / or thyme
- ½ ½ cup beef stock or bone, chicken
- 1 ½ 1 ½ tablespoon unflavored gelatin powder
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients: 2 cups oat fiber, 2 cups almond flour, 1 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum and 1 teaspoon fine salt.
- Make a whole in the middle, break ONE of the 2 large eggs inside and mix it up as best as you can.
- In a pan, add 1/4 cup butter, 1/4 cup lard and 4/5 cup water and heat it over medium heat until the fats are fully melted.
- Raise the heat, and as soon as it starts boiling, carefully pour all the liquid, at once, in the middle of the flour mixture.
- Immediately stir everything with a large silicone spatula or wooden spoon. Continue mixing until a homogenous dough is formed.
- Grease each of the pork pie molds.
- When the dough is just cool enough to handle, separate it into 6 large balls (around 120 grams each), and 6 small ones (about 35 grams each).
- Press one of the larger balls of hot water dough into the mold, pushing it the sides and up to the edges. Make sure there are no holes.
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Pork Pie Filling
- Mince 2 pounds pork shoulder by cutting it very finely by hand, or using a meat grinder with the coarse blade, or using a food processor.
- Add 1 1/2 teaspoon fine salt, 1 teaspoon ground black pepper1/2 teaspoon red pepper powder, 1/4 teaspoon ground mace and 1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage, and mix well. Separate the meat into 6 portions of the same size.
- Put one portion of meat inside each dough lined mold. Leave some space on the top, to attach the lids.
- Stretch the smaller balls of dough into a disc about the size of the top of the pies, to form the lids.
- Beat the second egg, and brush some around the edges of the pie, to help glue the lids in place.
- Place the disc of dough on top of the pie, and gently pinch and press all around it, sticking the top and bottom together.
- Brush the keto pie tops with a thick layer of beaten egg, and make a hole in the center of the pies.
- Pre-heat the oven to 200 °C (390 °F). Bake the pies for one hour, then take them from the oven for a second round of egg wash.
- Turn the temperature down to 175°C (350°F) and bake for another half an hour.
- Remove the keto pork pies from the oven and allow them to cool inside the molds.
- Heat the 1/2 cup beef stock, and stir 1 1/2 tablespoon unflavored gelatin powder, mixing until it's fully dissolved. Wait for it to cool down until it's just warm.
- Pour the liquid gelatin stock slowly inside the keto pork pies through the hole on the top, until it is full. Allow a moment to soak (so it doesn't overflow), the put in some more.
- Take the pies full of stock into the fridge for a few hours at least for the jelly to firm up.
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Notes
- Nutrition information shows recipe made with pork shoulder. Recalculate if using different cuts.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1
Calories
603kcal
(30%)
Protein
40.4g
(81%)
Fat
46.3g
(71%)
Net Carbohydrates
3g
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6pork pies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 603
% Daily Value*
Serving | 1 | |
Calories | 603kcal | 30% |
Protein | 40.4g | 81% |
Fat | 46.3g | 71% |
Net Carbohydrates | 3g |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.